Lotus 5 speed shifter

[mbell]

Again I'd appreciate that Vince. My current ball is still currently serviceable but is going to fully disintegrate at some point. So would be good to be able to get a replacement ahead of it's complete failure.

Stick replacement options are pretty limited on this side of the pond...

[vincereynard]

I've just drained the gearbox oil and it is as black as pitch. There is very little actual plastic bits in the oil still recognisable as such.

Presumably A/ the oil has not been changed in quite a while. B/ It has been coloured by the disintegrating plastic (again over quite a while!)

I'll flush it out with some more oil and see how much more comes out.

Hopefully just letting it run for 10 minutes in neutral should splash it round enough. I filled the box through the gear lever housing, another advantage of having it easily detachable.